Improved clothes-drying machine



'l UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM PRICE, ECINCINNATI, OHIO.

IM PRQVED CLOTHES-DRYING MACHINE. l

Specification forming part of `Letters Patent No. 45,521, dated December20, 1'864.

To all whom it may concern:-`

Be -it known that I, WILLIAM PRICE, of Cincinnati, in the county ofHamilton, in the' AState of 0hio have invented a new and usefulApparatus or Machine for DryingOlothes Directly from the Wash 5 and I dohereby declarethat the-followingis a full, clear, and

v,exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, making a partof this specification, in whichthe labors of thellaundry and enable families and washer-.womento dry clothes in alllweather without hanging them out and exposing them to theI dust andsoot, so prevalent in most towns and cities, while it4 prepares themspeedily in a proper. condition for ironing immediately' after the wash,a great saving of time and labor.

, Myinvention conslsts 1n theconstruetion and arrangement of a series ofratliatingfrares,

they bein g so formed as to admit the clothes being easily attached tothem on and around the surface through a door or opening in Aa cylinderwhich surrounds it, inv combination with a rotaryor fan blower operatingin the center by clock-work or any other power, so that a current ot dryor' heated air is distrib? uted through and among the clothes.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I willdescribe it more fully, referring to the drawings and to tlief lettersmarked thereon. f

For family use I make my drying-room in a portable form, ot' suchdimensions as desrable.

The case or outside may be of tin, zinc, or sheet galvanized iron,thefOrm being mainly cylindrical, as shown in Fig. 2, it having a' base,A, and an upright portion, B, at. its rear, and a corresponding parallelsurface, (Lin front, to which are ventilators D D, which may be openedorclosed by corresponding' slides; There may also. be other ventilators,one on the top, E, so that the' heated or dry air which enters at thebottom' may escape at the top, carryingVK the dampness' from the wetclothes with iti In the drying cylinder or room is placed the rotatingreel or clothes-frame a a, the arms' e c-c c being secured in hubs ortiangesb b. .There may be any desired nnmber'of them,

they being so constructed that they will hold the clothes on the bars dd d by pressing a small portion in between the stationary and yieldingbar e e e, thus dispensing with lines and el0thes-pins.

The mode of putting the clothes into the drier is'to let them pass fromthe wringer into the pan or trough F, which is made with hooks f f, tohitch onto the sliding door G'when The wet clothes are then in closeproximity to the bars on the'rotating reel a a.

opened.

Then take'a dnlltable-knie or other thin substance like a paper-folderand press inbetween the bars d and -e such portions as are necessary.Then turn the reel up, and other arms and Dipper-,bams 'will presentthemselves,

which the articles can be secured to in llike manner until the frame iscovered. The

trough F is taken o ,and the `sliding door closed. In the center of thecylinder or drying-.room I place-'a shaft, H, it having arms. h. h h h,radiating on'the ends of which are fans k k 7:14.', similarinconstruction to the ordinary wheat-fans, tion and operated by clock-workwith a spring or weight, orbe turned by hand orany other convenient or.stationarypowen For large hotels, boarding-houses, and pub liclaundriesthere may be a room or cyl- -inder of suflicient dimensions.

clothes frame may be placed in a vertical poL sition with series of armsand clothesholders.

The fanblower may also be in a vertical positi'on,`or the heated dry airmay be conveyed into the room through pipes. The reel or clothes-traineVmay also revolve slowly in the room or cylinder and bring the clothesinto aV current ot' dry or heated air Thus by a few moments exposure inthe drier they are in just the right condition for ironing, which cariallv be accomplishedv immediately after the clothes are'waslied andwrung out, soy .that washing,4 drying, and ironing may all be'done thesame day in 4any weather a-tall seasons of the year without .tbeexposureof hanging This may be putin mo.

The reel or Patent, is-

out .or the risk of clothes being torn orblown oft or covered with thedust or soot so annoy-l ing in most places.

Having thus fully described my invention, its mode of construction andoperation, what l cia-im as new, and desire to seoru'e by Letters l. Theconstruction and arrangement of a oylindrioal apparat-us, the samehaving a, series of ventilators with sliding covers to admit andregulate the, circulation of dryor heated air for the purpose ofv dryingclothes, as herein described.

2. A series of radiating fr'amvestthey being with afan-blower, so thatconstructed with duble yielding ras or hairs',

so .as to admit the clothesfbeing easily at! tacked to them, `for thepdxposes herein set forth '-3. .A rotary clothes-frame, i combination"aieurrent of dry or heatei. air iskistributed. through and' among theclothes, substantially as and Afor the purposesherein-speoified. `i

. WILLIAM PRICE.-

VVitn'esses: V` i 4 E M. WILLIAMS W. WOODRUFF.

